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Collect information about respiratory diseases (because of pollution, tobacco) and discuss with your classmates. (AS4)

1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C O P D): The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung disease is characterized by airflow obstruction that interferes with normal breathing. Typical symptoms include increased.

2. Pneumonia: Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung that can be caused by infection.


3. Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the tuberculosis bacteria.


4. Asthma: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the airways and is characterized by respiratory symptoms such as wheeze, shortness of breath.


5. Emphysema: It is a condition in which there is over-inflation of structures in the lungs known as alveoli or air sacs. This over-inflation results from a breakdown of the walls of the alveoli.


6. Lung cancer: Lung cancer has been the most common type of cancer in the world for a number of decades and is the leading cause of cancer -related death in both genders worldwide.


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